Jobs and Skills and Zombies

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Created 04/07/2014 - 2:38am

By

Paul Krugman

A few months ago, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and Marlene Seltzer, the chief executive of Jobs for the Future, published an article in Politico titled "Closing the Skills Gap." They began portentously: "Today, nearly 11 million Americans are unemployed. Yet, at the same time, 4 million jobs sit unfilled" - supposedly demonstrating "the gulf between the skills job seekers currently have and the skills employers need."

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